Identification device



J. H. EFFRIG.

IDENTIFICATION DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 9]9.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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JOHN H. EFFRIG, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IDENTIFICATION DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. EFFRIG, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Identification Devices, of which the following isa specification.

One object of my invention is to provide an identification device whichcan be issued by an identification company and which will form apositive and conclusive means of identifying a person who, for example,has registered with and is known by the identification company.

Another object is to provide my improved identification device with anintegral and inseparable photographic portrait and other characteristicfeatures of the individual to whom the device is issued.

A further object is to provide my identification device with a serialnumber or reference marking to which the individual can refer so as toenable him to have duplicates of the device issued by the identificationcompany above noted so that the du licate can be used, for example, inthe les'of a bank or other company or organization with which the saidindividual has business. For example, identification devices, such asabove described can be lodged or filed in banks, bonding companies orother institutions to which the individual may apply for credit, drawingof account or other business, and so that the above mentionedinstitutions will be rotected against imposters or persons witlifraudulent intent.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which will be describedhereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings in which The figure of drawing represents aface view of my improved identification device.

Referring to the drawing, the device shown therein represents aphotographic reproduction of a similar device and may be made on a sheet1 of paper or card board having its upper surface 2 sensitized so as toreceive photographic impressions, such as the well known photostatic?print. The sheet 1 is preferably made of such size that it can be filedin an ordinary filing cabinet so that access can easily be hadtheretoand,

Specification of Letters Patent.

. I Patented Nov. 18 1919.

Application filed May 20, 1919. Serial No. 298,544.

a thumb print 6 and finger prints 7. of the person or individual to whomthe device is 1s sued. The parts above the space 5 are divided intoseparate spaces having, as lllllS- trated, the date of registration, thetelephone number, the business, address, by whom introduced, color ofhair, height, complexlon, welght and age of said individual.

The section 4 has thereon the authorized I signature of said individualin the space 8 and a reproduction of a card 9, said reproduction of thecard including within its margin a photographic portrait 10 of theindividual, a photographic reproduction 11 of the thumb print of theindividual, the photographic reproduction 12 of the signature of theindividual and the serial numher or reference markimg, as shown at 13.The reproduction 9 if desired, for example by said individual, can besevered from the section at. by cutting along the lines 14 and 15. Thusthe individual can present the severed reproduction 9, for example tothe bank, bonding company, etc., who'has a reproduction of the entiredevice in its files, and the bank, for example, can compare the severedreproduction with the reproduction which it has, on its files togetherwith an inspection of the personpresenting the same and by this meansthe individual can be completely identified in a convenient and positivemanner. If there is any doubt as to the similarity of the-photographicreproductions of the picture of the individual, the thumb and fingerprints can be compared with the markings 6 and 7 in the space 5.

While I have described my invention as taking a particular form, it willbe understood that the various parts of my invention may be changedwithout departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limitmyself tothe precise construction set forth, but consider that I am atliberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within thescope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is a 1. An identification device of thecharacter described consisting of a photographic reproduction includingas a part an integral portrait of a person and other integralphotographic reproductions of features of said person including thumbprint and autograph; said photograph, thumb printand autograph beingarranged in suchmanner that the section containingthem can be cutportrait of a person and other integral photographic reproductions offeatures of said person including thumb print and autograph; saidphotograph, thumb print and autograph being arranged in such manner thatthe section containing them canbe cut and used as an identification cardfor comparison with similar devices, said device also including aduplicate of said thumb print and located remote from said section;

substantially as describd- I In testlmony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. EFFRIG.

Witnesses: EVELYN CROMPTQN,

CHAs. E. Po'rrs,

